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Originally Posted by stiffy
PCC,
Who is quicker the man with the beard or the original owners???
STIFFY
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It's "the man with the beard" here.....
Now , it's not important who's faster than who....just as long as we all enjoy ourselv.......Horsepoop !!!..........
At this stage, Warwick has all the records to beat, and unfortunately at the moment I don't have an engine in the red racer so it's a little difficult.
It would seem that whoever the Chinese guy was that I ran over, he had some
serious power, because my luck with racing Cobras continues to be all bad!
First run as new owner in the red racer, was o.k., but certainly different than the bumblebee to drive, and my times at Queensland Raceway, were a good/bad? 2 seconds a lap slower than Mr. Harrison's fastest.
Second run was at the A Series Sprints at Morgan Park Raceway,Warwick, and on Friday practice day, I had a back wheel come off as I came on to the straight, and I almost wore the concrete wall at high speed...MY stupid fault, in changing wheels about a dozen times, and not getting one of the back wheels sitting correctly on a spacer when I did the nuts up, and broke studs off the wheel.
Followed by the next day, where upon being told that I must be "on the limit", because everytime I went up under the bridge, on a long left hander, I was on three wheels!!!!....COOL !!.
With this news, I figure I'm superman, and decide to REALLY get that front wheel to stand up....resulting in ALL of the wheels getting the ****s with me, and spitting me off the track.
This resulted in a 204 metre ( I stepped it out with my old Golf strides) slide, backwards, sideways, and into a tyre wall.
The lower nose cone GONE...tyres flatspotted, and exhaust system busted, and a decent amount of fiberglass repairs to get the front end back to where it belongs .
Third run was two weeks ago, at Queensland Raceway, after a couple of thousand bucks to fix the "slide damage".
I was entered into both the Saturday Afternoon Sprints, and my first Top Gear, Door to Door event on the Sunday.
Three laps into the Saturday's first round, and Bang! Bang! Bang!.....split the block down through the mains......FANBLOODYTASTIC.
Have decided that it's not worth just putting a replacement block, and using the existing 40 thou over standard pistons/conrods/hydraulic lifters etc. etc.
SOOOOOO.....a big pile of boxes has arrived at ANT Mechanical, containing, Crane Cam ( Same as the bumblebee's), Scat Crank, Arias forged pistons, Eaton Solid Lifters,etc. etc. et.....bloody cetera....as well as a block from an F150 is in getting crack tested, acid bathed, machined and so on, and we'll be back racing at Queensland Raceway in 10 days time....fingers crossed.
And THEN we'll see if we/I can match Warwick's times.
Had three days racing, ( Friday,Sat,Sun )at Warwick again this weekend just gone,in the A Series sprints and used the Black and Yellow beast.
Times were a bit off the pace.....SICK of having Cobras "In the Shop", and not all that superbrave after my slidey thing...but got braver as the weekend went on...so all should be right given time.
Stay Tuned,
Regards,
Warren.